This came in a post by Kurtulmuş, the day after the Israeli Security Cabinet approved the occupation of the entire Gaza Strip.
Kurtulmuş added: "This bloody plan, drawn up by the Israeli government, which commits genocide and war crimes, cannot be accepted, and the world must not remain silent in the face of it."
The Turkish Parliament Speaker continued: "We condemn and reject this treacherous plan in the strongest terms."
He stressed that "the bloody plan to occupy all of Gaza, approved by the so-called inner cabinet of the terrorist Zionist State of Israel, represents a dark step that blatantly violates international law and humanity."
The Turkish Parliament Speaker called on the international community and international institutions to stand with Gaza against the bloody Israeli occupation plan.
"Defending Gaza and Palestine today is defending law, morality, and the shared future of humanity," he said.
On Thursday evening, during a meeting of the Israeli Security Cabinet, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a "gradual" plan to occupy the entire Gaza Strip, despite opposition from the military establishment due to the threat it poses to the lives of prisoners and soldiers. The cabinet approved Netanyahu's plan early Friday morning.
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The plan calls for the Israeli occupation army to begin moving into areas it has not previously entered, with the aim of seizing control of the central Gaza Strip and Gaza City, despite warnings from Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir against such a move.
According to Netanyahu's proposal, the plan would begin with the displacement of Gaza City's Palestinians southward, followed by the encirclement of the city, followed by additional incursions into population centers, according to the official Israeli Broadcasting Authority.
During the ongoing Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation army occupied all of Gaza City, with the exception of small areas, and remained there for several months before withdrawing from most of its areas in April 2024 after announcing the "destruction of Hamas's infrastructure in the city."
Of the entire Gaza Strip, parts of Deir al-Balah city and the camps in the central governorate (Nuseirat, Maghazi, and Bureij) remained unoccupied by Israeli forces, but hundreds of buildings were destroyed there, according to local Palestinian officials.
The areas not occupied by Israeli forces on the ground represent only about 10-15% of the Gaza Strip's area, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent, citing local officials.
With American support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, including killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring all international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.
The genocide left 61,258 Palestinians dead, 152,045 injured, and more than 9,000 missing. Hundreds of thousands were displaced, and famine claimed the lives of many, including dozens of children.
